What is GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw?

GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper privilege management in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw cover?

GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-78999. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw?

GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jwHighCVSS 8.3

Improper privilege management in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-78999 →

📋 Description

Improper privilege management in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78999
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497957278
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98mm-mpvp-x2jw